I take the cylinders out of mine, I find it much easier to clean them that way.
First time I took a side plate off I felt like I was looking at the inside of a Swiss watch. Check out the S&W forum there are a lot of how-to there that will show you the internals. Also consider taking pictures as you go along. It is nice to refer back to a "before" picture as you are putting it back together.
I replaced the rebound slide spring on my J-frame. I made the "tool" I needed from a cheap jeweler screw driver set.
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